Improvement in plows



UNITED STATES GEORGE W. RUSSELL, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLows.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 92,371, dated July 62, 1869.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. RUSSELL,

of Rockford, county ofWinnebago, and State ofIllinois, have invented anew and useful Improvemeutin Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same. reference being had to the anneXed drawings, forming part of this specilication, and to the letters of reference marked the stubble-folder d h is secured by the eye bolts c cpassingthrough theplatesfm,which clasp the beam. The plate a has a concave recess,in which the stem or shank d is secured by the bolts c c. The heut piece h is secured to the stem-piece d by the. bolt k.

In operation the devices are secured to the plow-beam A, and may be used on beamsv of di'erent sizes,as the eyebolts c c should have a distance between them equal to the largest beam on which thc attachment is to be made. The plates a a may be moved either forward or backward on the beam to accommodate the different kinds of labor which is to be performed. The hook-piece h may be extended or contracted by means of the slot t' and bolt lc, and may be swung forward or backward by loosening the bolts c c and placing it in the position desired, and in the same manner may be raised and lowered by moving the stem d up Or down in the eyebolts and then screwing the bolts tightly down to hold it in the position desired. These different adjustments are made to meet the requirements of actual operation, because thcfolder hmust be raised when u the plowtis set to run deeper, and in plowing cornstalks o`r long weeds it should he farther forward than when plowing short weeds or stubble, in which case its-should be back near the furrow. It will be readily seen that all these requirements are met by the different adjustments heretofore described. l

VVha-t I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A stubble-folding attachment to a plow, composed ofthe parts 61,71., and k, in combination with the bolts c c' and plates a a', the whole constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Constructing the. parts o, d, and h as herein described, and for they purpose specilied.

GEORGE W. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

C. F. MiLLEE, W. W. BURsoN. 

